Competition

Experience the true competition and become an Art N Beat Star.

Experience the true music competition and become an Art N Beat Star.

  • Registration Opens – April 16th 2021
  • Registration Closes – May 10th 2021
  • Late Registration & Video Submission Last date : May 16th 2021
  • First Round Review/Results – June 7th 2021
  • Semifinal Round Submission – June 20th 2021
  • Semifinal Round Review/Results – July 5th 2021
  • Final Round Review/Results – July 24th 2021

Every Participant will receive Digital Certificate. Category winner and runner up will receive Certificates & Trophy on / after 24th July 2021.
More Information:

  • Web: artnbeat.com
  • Email: artnbeat.foundation@gmail.com
  • Phone: 732 757 0655
  • Facebook: artnbeatfoundation

General Rules & Regulations

  • Video should not exceed 6 mins. of duration
  • Submit the video with name as ANB_
  • For Vocal Classical Category, karaoke is not allowed.However, the use of Tanpura / Shruti Box is mandatory.Tabla or Metronome or any equivalent app can be used for Taal support.
  • Any entry that goes beyond 10 seconds of the allotted time will be disqualified
  • Edited videos and studio quality videos will be disqualified
  • Pre-recorded videos or videos from previous performances will be disqualified
  • We will not provide any individual feedback on your performance
  • The decisions taken by the Judges are final
  • All performance videos must be submitted by the due date for every round. Late submissions will not be accepted.
  • Once submitted, we do not allow contestants to change the video or resubmit another video
  • The entire video presentation should be done in one seating.
  • The video and audio should be in the original form. Any edited, post-processed audio/video will be disqualified.
  • Each contestant agrees that Art N Beat has the right to use their names, pictures and videos of all persons performing for future advertising, promotion, and publicity in any manner and in any medium now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity. All personal details and information requested by Art N Beat of each contestant must be truthful, accurate, and in no way misleading. Art N Beat reserves the discretion to investigate and disqualify any contestant, should the contestant at any stage of the event supply untruthful, inaccurate, or misleading personal details and/or information, or should the contestant be ineligible for the competition pursuant to these rules.
  • By submitting personal information for registration, all participants acknowledge that they have read through the competition Rules & Regulations and consent to allow the Organizing Committee to use all personal information for administrative purposes and data analysis. All personal data provided will be kept confidential at all times.
  • Entries will be considered ineligible if at the sole discretion of the Art N Beat, they do not follow the directions described in these Official Rules, or if they contain language or images that are in any way threatening, abusive, offensive, defamatory, invasive of another’s privacy, in breach of confidence, embarrassing to any person or likely to deceive any person, hateful, blasphemous, pornographic, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or otherwise contrary to any law or appear contrary to the spirit of the Contest.
  • All decisions and interpretations regarding the contest, its rules, and the selection of the winner remain with the judges, Art N Beat, its agents, and representatives are final.

COPYRIGHT
Art N Beat and those acting with its authority, shall have the unrestricted, absolute, perpetual, worldwide right and license to use Participant’s name, address, photograph, likeness, voice, biographical and personal background information, statements, Contest entry, and any writing, photo, video, or other work submitted as part of the Contest entry, and, without limitation, any notes, photograph, film, or video or audio tape that may be taken of Entrant or of such materials (the foregoing, collectively, the “Content”), without compensation, consideration, or notice or permission to Entrant or to any third party, and to reproduce, copy, modify, create derivative works of, display, perform, exhibit, distribute, transmit or broadcast, publicly or otherwise, or otherwise use and permit to be used the Content or any part thereof, whether alone or in combination with other materials (including but not limited to text, data, images, photographs, illustrations, and graphics, video or audio segments of any nature), in any media or embodiment now known or hereafter developed (including but not limited to any format of any computer-based, Internet-based, electronic, magnetic, digital, laser or optical-based media), in connection with any Sponsor (or its designee’s) advertising, promotion, publicity, trade, sweepstakes or contest promotions, activities, or materials.
Terms & Conditions

  • The participant agrees that Art N Beat reserves right to use content submitted for marketing and publicity of the contest.
  • Once submitted, the performance can not be resubmitted.
  • All rounds will be SEMI LIVE. All contestants will be given opportunity to hear judges feedback about their song.
  • You have to pay registration charges in order to participate in this competition.
  • Registration Fee is non refundable, unless Art N Beat decides to cancel the competition.

Classical

  • Presentation of a Hindustani Classical Raag in the form of a Bandish.
  • All participants are expected to make their own accompaniment arrangements. As per COVID 19 guidelines as per their respective country.
  • A minimum of Taanpuraa (electronic or real) AND Tabla (electronic or real) must be used for a performance.
  • Karaoke is not allowed.
  • ALL rules specified in General section are applicable to this category as well.

Semi Classical / Bollywood

  • Presentation of Bhajan , Gazal, Thumri, Sufi, Bollywood etc.
  • All participants are expected to make their own accompaniment arrangements. As per COVID 19 guidelines as per their respective country.
  • A minimum of Taanpuraa (electronic or real) AND Tabla (electronic or real) must be used for a performance.
  • Karaoke is not allowed.
  • ALL rules specified in General section are applicable to this category as well Bollywood.
  • All contestants can sing on karaoke tracks or live band (subject to COVID-19 rules).
  • Art N Beat is NOT responsible to provide karaoke tracks.
  • Art N Beat is NOT responsible for quality of karaoke tracks.
  • Art N Beat is NOT responsible for any copyright/legal issue related to karaoke tracks.
  • Contestants can choose to sing any song from Bollywood movie.
  • A medley of songs is not allowed in any rounds.
  • ALL rules specified in General section are applicable to this category as well.

A/V Guidelines
Please read these instruction before you record and upload your performance video

  • The file size should not exceed 100 MB.
  • The video should be recorded using a good smartphone/DSLR camera/Handycam in landscape format or holding your smartphone horizontally.
  • The recording quality should be 720p (minimum). Higher quality is better but make sure you do not exceed the file size limit specified above.
  • Sound quality should be clear and audible, without any background noise. You may use a good quality external microphone for audio if you have one.
  • Please pay attention to the camera angle, sit/stand/ against the light so that face is clearly visible. Preferably with a plain and clean background.
  • Most importantly, the video MUST NOT be edited, audio/video enhanced. It should be a single and continuous recording with no cuts, transitions, etc.
  • Video with any other advertisement, logo/banners will not be accepted.
  • The video should be submitted in an acceptable file format (MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, WMV, M4P, MPG)